G R A N D   B E N E F A C T O R S

• Andy Staton & Peter Karsner

• Cassandra Toroian & Jackie Blue

• Markell for Governor

• Body by Bill ( Bill Miller)

B e n e f a c t o r s

• Richard and Jacke Carmean

• Gary Colangelo and Gerald Duvall

• Libby Stiff and Bea Wagner

• Larry Peterson and Richard Young

• Duwayne Litz

Patrons

Ken Matulsky, Larry Hooker, John Newton and Mowry Spencer, Paul Kuhns, Mitch Crane and John Workman, Gene Reed, LLThoms Jr, Michael Spillane, Scott Strickler and David Degenais, Frank Miller, Al Naylor, Meyer Persow and Daniel Meloy, Peter Rosenstein, Ron Bass and George Robbins, Betty Deacon and Ptery Iris, John Danielo, William Hillegeist, Steve Kotrch & George Christensen, Alex Yearley, Tony Coelho and Bob Dreher, Rigbys Bar & Grill, The Hon Paul Smedburg & Michael Molesky, Robert Godfrey

After more then 3 hours, Sb 121 finally passed the Delaware Senate and was immediately moved tot he House of representative for a vote.  An attempt to block the vote by stating that the representatives had no time to prepare, was stopped because a bill identical to SB 121 had passed the Delaware House of representatives just weeks before, and, at that time, testimony had been heard and the bill had been debated.

Three unfriendly amendments were quickly defeated and the bill passed yet one more time in the House.  After more then 10 years of hard work by Delaware Stonewall and LGBT individuals around the State, the bill is now waiting to be signed into law by Governor Jack Markell who already said that he would sign this bill.

Join us at Delaware Stonewall’s fundraiser this coming weekend, where we will celebrate passage of the bill as well as the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

HB 112-The Hospital and Nursing Home Visitation Rights Bill passed the Delaware Senate 21-0  on Thursday, June 11th.  Governor Markell should sign it by the end of the month.   The Bill, a major piece of DE Stonewall legislation, will allow competent adults to decide who can or cannot visit  them in hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities.  This legislation was kept from the floor in 2008 by the then-Republican controlled House.

After taking control in January, the House Dems quickly moved the Bill through committee and onto the floor where a 39-0 vote sent it to the Senate.

The Delaware Stonewall Democrats thank the Bill’s prime sponsors, Representative John Kowalko and Helene Keeley and Senator’s George Bunting and Margaret Rose Henry.

SAVE THE DATE:  Saturday, June 27, 2009  from 4PM to 6 PM

For more information or to become a sponsor, please click on “Summer Gathering” and “EVENT SPONSORSHIP” on the top of this website.

We look forward to seing you there!